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hour Park ReLeaf' plan expected to plant this month
lilburn
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meet hosted by the Town of
n Harbour Park Saturday
dight on replanting the bare
bour Park is estimated to
ughly 39 of its large trees,
'ly anything left along the
On November 12, Council -
i iansen along with Planner
Amersfoort hosted ReLeaf
Park, a special look at plans
e public space.
rly 40 youngsters and vol -
nicked the `trees -to -be'
throughout the park, the community
was invited to check out the current
plan for the redevelopment of the natu-
ral landscape.
"The thing we took away from the ini-
tial public meet in September was the
community said, 'we really want our
trees back,'" said Van Amersfoort. "What
we have here now is an initial planting
plan that people can get a feel for"
Fahy -four trees and 18 bushes ranging
in species -from Maple to Ginko have
been mapped out for planting in the
park at the end of November. Both
Hansen and Van Amersfoort said the
planting at the end of the month is the
rst stage, and will be followed by
B -
another opportunity to look at
the park in the spring of 2012.
During the event, the Goderich
Lions, Celdc Folk Society, Huron
OPP and Health Unit were all on
hand to consider the proposed
planting layout from different
points of views, including health
and safety and public events. The
planting plan for Harbour Park is
expected to be available forfur-
ther viewing and comment at the
Goderich Town Hall for the next
two weeks.
At the September 24 public
meet to share ideas on the future
of God.erich's parks and public
spaces, the tragic loss of trees the
community has suffered was
revealed. According to Park
Superintendent Martin Quinn, in
Just two minutes Goderich lost
"thousands of trees."
"It was an unbelievable inci-
eent" Quinn said "It brought a
major situation, and we have to
think about natural
regeneration."
Rough estimates suggest spe-
cific areas lost:
Courthouse Park - 92 trees
Harbour Park - 39 trees
Marine Museum aros - 7 trees
Community boulevards -
200 - 300 trees
Maitland Cemetery - 22 trees
Maitland and Miliennlum
trail systems - "Multi -
Thousands"
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